Is This Too Much Bioload

[egwich]

Upgrading to a 75 gallon from a 55 gallon. Running a 20 gal sump and protein skimmer. I'm really thinking of adding a Blue Spotted Puffer and a Flame Angel once I upgrade. However, I already have two ocellaris clowns, Indigo Hamlet, Diamond Watchman Goby, Royal Gramma, and Lyretail Anthias. Will adding both the Blue Spotted Puffer and Flame Angel be a little too much bioload or pushing the limits since I already have a larger fish in the Hamlet? Let me know your thoughts. THANKS!

 

[Ranjib]

Not really, just the Anthias makes it little complicated, have a beefy skimmer and if possible go with fuge

 

[egwich]

Not really, just the Anthias makes it little complicated, have a beefy skimmer and if possible go with fuge

How does the Anthias make it complicated may I ask? I thought that alone they can live in pretty small tanks, it's when you have them in large groups that they should be in a 125. I've had him for about 6 months, no issues, seems to be happy. Should I consider selling him?

 

[Ranjib]

How does the Anthias make it complicated may I ask? I thought that alone they can live in pretty small tanks, it's when you have them in large groups that they should be in a 125. I've had him for about 6 months, no issues, seems to be happy. Should I consider selling him?

Anthias requires very frequent feeding , multiple times a day preferably, that’s why I think it makes complicated under small sump setup. I’m not an expert on this to be frank , let’s see what other say #reefsquad

 

[Ike]

I think you're fine, just be prepared to upgrade your skimmer if your nitrates start increasing too much.

 

[EmdeReef]

I agree you’ll be fine from a bioload perspective. The compatibility may be a problem. Indigo hamlets will eat small fish, and as they grow they become ambush predators. Some of your fish are well within the size of a nice meal.

 

[Big G]

Blue Spotted Puffers will eat as much as you feed them. They are little pigs. And they sooner or later will likely find corals and inverts in your tank tasty.

Flame Angels do much better on "mature" tanks that have plenty of algae to feed upon. Sometimes they will literally wear themselves out pecking around for food in a new-ish tank. So if you can have the LFS feed the Flame Angel and watch to see if it is eating foods offered to it. If you see it hunting around and ignoring the feedings, it may not make the transition in your tank and starve. And it may also develop a taste for your corals too.

 

[Sailfinguy21]

Just to give you some info.. i habe a 135.

I have

1x Coral Beauty
1x Bicolor angel
1x Naso tang
1x Yellow tang
1x sail fin tang ( pretty big one btw)
1x foxface
1x tomini tang
2x clown fish
3x damsels
1x sunfire dottyback

50x various corals

1x anemone


I have no sump. No protien skimmer. 3 inches of ssnd 120 lbs of rock.

All i have is 3 liters of denitrate running at 26gph in a homemade canister.. 2 emperor 400 and 3 power heads.


By all judgement.. i have way too many fish... i havent done a water chsnge in 2 months now. Nitrates are 5-10 ppm.. phosphates .5... all i do is feed 3-4 times a day with flakes and nori and top off my water and dose if i need too



My tank is simple as hell and it works... You dont have too many fish... Granted a 75g is half my tanks size but you barely have any fish in that thing as far as im concerned.


I will you tell and agree eith the guy above me... unless you csn 100% confirm any dwarf angel or tomini or kole tsng or whatnot is esting flakes or pellets... you need to have a good amount of algae on your rocks and glass.

Maturity isnt the word id use.. Diatoms or better is what you need... angels eat off the rocks and glass.. and if you hardly any algae and they dont eat prepaired food they will starve

 

[Lasse]

IMO - the only thing which determines the bioload is the amount and type of given external food. The amount of fishes is of no concern except that more fish may need more food. A fish that die in the aquarium and not taken away directly is IMO a input of external food. 1 puffer feed with a lot of food will give a higher biolod in an aquaria compared with my 50 + small fish with different feeding behaviors in a 80 gallon tank. It is not only the amount of food that means something in the concept of bioloading, also the type of food. 1 g of dry food gives 5 - 7 times higher bio load than 1 g of frozen or fresh soft food (natural feed). If your algae eating fish get their food from algae grown on the surplus nutrients from your input of external food - they do not contribute to the total bioload - they only recirculate the orginal nutrients you put into your aquarium earlier.

The puffer would rather fast be too large for your aquarium - that´s concern me more than the biolad. You can give it small amount of food but if you do - it will likely start to eat your corals

Sincerely Lasse

 

[egwich]

Thanks everyone. I feel like I’ve learned my tank is understocked but I may need to consider rehoming the Hamlet. I don’t want my other fish to become meals.

 

[egwich]

The puffer would rather fast be too large for your aquarium - that´s concern me more than the biolad. You can give it small amount of food but if you do - it will likely start to eat your corals

Sincerely Lasse

The Blue Spotted Puffer would get too big for my tank? I'm surprised to hear someone say that I can't find a site that says they need anything larger than a 50 gallon tank.

 

[EmdeReef]

The Blue Spotted Puffer would get too big for my tank? I'm surprised to hear someone say that I can't find a site that says they need anything larger than a 50 gallon tank.

Blue spotted puffers reach up to 5”. They’re also not strong swimmers so a 75g is fine.